I am a happy user of Git on Win7 (64b) for years. I understand how this mishap with the install made you feel. In early times I felt similarly, but then I found that GitExtensions project, on average, provides a much more complete and reliable experience.
http://code.google.com/p/gitextensions/downloads/list Try the "complete" package. Daniel. On Friday, September 7, 2012 2:22:05 PM UTC-7, jak wrote: > > I downloaded and installed 1.7.11 from http://git-scm.com/download/win last > week. (actually I've done it twice). > > I'm having several problems that seems like my install is missing > something. > > 1) missing man executable. When I type git help add for instance, I get: > > $ git help add > warning: failed to exec 'man': No such file or directory > fatal: no man viewer handled the request > > > when I look in the bin directory, no man command. > > > 2) to work around this, I did git config --global help.format web and set > my help.browser too, but I get the same > error as above when I do git help, Here is my config output: > > $ git config help.format > web > > > However, if I do git help -w add, the help page comes up in my browser > as expected. > How come my default setting is not working? > > 3) (worst problem) - I cannot get pull to work from my repository on > github (I am able to push). When I do > "git pull", I get a popup window: > git.exe- System Error. > > The program can't start because libiconv-2.dll is missing from your > computer. > Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem. > > but when I go to Git's bin directory the dll is there: > $ ls -l libi* > -rwxr-xr-x 1 jak Administ 1241889 Sep 2 17:02 libiconv-2.dll > -rwxr-xr-x 1 jak Administ 978432 Sep 2 17:02 libiconv2.dll > > Pretty frustrating. Any help would be greatly appreciated > jim > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/git-users/-/pKpb0DqfUvIJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.
